One of the movies that Madison loves is 3-2-1 Penguins! Save The Planets! This movie follows the galactic adventures of two young kids and four space-traveling penguins. They respond to distress calls from across the galaxy. While helping others, they learn life lessons and values along the way. There are 3 stories on this DVD. However, my favorite has to be the first story about the green-eyed monster. As an adult, I knew exactly what they were talking about. However, Madison (my 4 year old) didn’t. It was great story and lesson about jealousy. My one year loved the music and danced the whole time.  He often laughed too, but I am not sure if he understood what was happening or if he just laughed because we were.  The green eyed monster is a topic that I encounter daily at my house.  I love that there was humor for both adults and kids in it too.  It makes it much more enjoyable for us adults who have to watch the movie over and over and over again.  I often found myself giggling when my kids did.  I didn’t realize this was a cartoon on TV (till my husband informed me).  However, I am so impressed with the lessons that it will be a cartoon that we will continue to watch.  Here is a sneak preview of what the movie is like and about (and you will laugh at the preview I promise).  3-2-1 Penguins! Save The Planets! is a movie that should be under your tree this Christmas.

Are you like me?  Are you allergic to life itself?  You may laugh at this statement, but I have had allergy testing done.  I was allergic to every single thing I was tested for.  This is why I say I am allergic to life itself.  My only chance at a normal life was to get allergy shots.  However, they were not sure if that would actually get rid of all of my allergies.  I was not about to get three years of shots of something that they were not sure was going to work.  I pretty much ended up where I started.  I take it day by day, and if it is really bad, I take Claritin.

Clorox Anywhere® Anti-Allergen Fabric Spray is a lifesaver for people like me.  It is one of the easiest ways to reduce your common indoor allergens.  The biggest indoor allergens are a cat dander, dog dander, and dust mites.  They make up to 90% of the allergens in your home.  They can easily build up in soft surfaces such as cushions, upholstered fabrics, curtains, carpets, bedding, and stuffed animals.  Clorox Anywhere® Anti-Allergen Fabric Spray is super easy to use to get rid of this.  All you have to do is spray the items that you suspect are harboring allergens.  It chemically breaks apart the allergens, and does not leave behind a harmful residue.

I personally liked that it did not leave a scent either.  I have a husband who is super sensitive to scents and perfumes, so this is extremely helpful in my house.  it is also gentle and enough to use around kids and pets.  This will retail for approximately $2.99 and can be located in the home care aisle of most stores.  For me, $2.99 is well worth allergy relief.  Even if you aren’t allergic, do you really want all that floating around your home?

I am lucky.  I met my husband a little before I turned nineteen (and I am in my thirties now).  I didn’t have to go through any of the struggles most people do when they are looking for their knight in shining armour or their damsel in distress.  I do have single friends who tell me how horrible the bar scene is and how hard it is for them to find to find someone.

I am so glad there are sites out there like True.com that allow you to search for free through their listings. What is better than sitting on your bed from home looking for someone verses spending an arm and a leg in a bar and finding no one.  Best of all, it is free to look.  You can see who they have in their databases, and it won’t cost you one penny.  In this economic time, how great is that! They have millions of members to choose from and their have scientific compatibility testing too!  This isn’t going to be like trying to find a needle in a haystack.  They even do criminal screenings for felonies.  You don’t have to worry that you are looking a profile of someone killed a bunch of people and now is on parole.  They even report people who are married and lie about it!

Signup is free.  If you are single and looking, what are you waiting for?

I love getting products to try out on my husband.  Bethesda Sunscreen Soap is one of those products that I got to do the husband test on.  My husband is very, very, very sensitive to fragrance.  He is sensitive to the point he actually holds his breath through the perfume department at stores otherwise he can’t breathe.  I can’t even have perfume in the house.  He is also very sensitive to soaps and lotions with fragrences.  That is why I had him try this out.  It has a light scent.  However, he could use it and still be able to breathe.  He like it because even though it was scented it didn’t have a “girly” smell to it.  I liked it, because it made him smell nice.  I also like it, because there is sunscreen with an spf of 10 in it.  In the summer, we all tend to remember to use sunscreen.  However, we often forget in the fall and the winter that it is just as important to wear it then too.  I like that you can give yourself a layer of protection doing something you do everyday anyway.  It also is all-natural, non-oily, and hypo-allergenic. This is great for people like me who have sensitivities to soaps. It is nice to be able to use a product and not have to worry about breaking out in hives. This soap also promotes healthy skin — it has over 50 minerals and vitamins in it. You will find your skin more soft and less dry after using this.

If you want to protect your skin without thinking about it, try out Bethesda Sunscreen Soap.

365 Days of Baby Einstein is one of the books that is such a great deal that you cannot pass it up. This book teaches your children about art, language, poetry, math, and science. The illustrations and pictures in here are awesome and engage your child. There are read aloud rhymes, interactive questions, and poems that encourage your children and you to have a conversation about what is going on on that page. The pages of this book are paper, so you do have to be careful. There are things in this book that both Madison (my 4 year old) and Will (my 1 year old) can do and be entertained by. Each section of the book is color coded, so if you want to work on certain skill like language development, you can easily find it. They even have pages where you can learn how to say words like dog and cat in other languages (my husband has been looking for some golf bags translations in there but we have yet to find any. LOL)  This is a book that can easily be given as either a baby shower gift or a birthday present, and you won’t break the bank either.

Sometimes you come across a product that you know another mother had to have designed. The Bathtub Assistant is one of these products. Designed by a mother whose son hit the faucet in the tub when he slipped out of her hands (and ended up with a black eye), it allows you to support yourself without having to lean against the tub.

First, the thing I love the most about this product is that it keeps mommy dry.  Nothing is more frustrating to me than having to change my clothes after giving my kids a bath because I leaned up against the side of the tub that happened to be all wet (and this ends up happening more times than not).  Instead, you are leaning against a cushion that is actually quite comfortable.  Second, I was able to put this together all by myself with a little help from the directions.  I personally hate products that require me to be brain surgeon to figure out.  These aren’t those type of directions.  Third, it is adustable for short people like me!  I was able to use it and so was my husband (who is a foot taller than me!)  Lastly, The Bathtub Assistant fold up, so when not in use, it doesn’t take up much space at all.  Also, it makes it super easy to travel with too!

If you are looking for a prodcut to make your life easier if you have little ones, then this is it.  It also would make a great baby shower gift or baby gift for the new moms in your life!

Happy baby colors is a book that gets a lot of use in our house.  Since it is made out of cardboard, both Will (my one year old) and Madison (my four year old) can enjoy it.  Each page of the book lists a color.  Everything on that page is that color and there is a baby dressed in that color.  For example, on the purple page, there is baby dressed in purple pajamas and there is purple on that page too.  Under brown, my husband was a little disappointed to not see home theater seating (though there was chocolate). I had to remind him that this was a little kid book.  This book is a great way to introduce new items to your kids that you may not have in your house.  Its a fun a way to have them learn and they enjoy the book.  Right now, Madison is on the couch across from me reading the book to me!